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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer's uniform makes an appearance in the mobile game Tiny Tower.

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Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer's uniform is wearable by the Combat Girl in Super Monday Night Combat.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer, alongside the Pyro, Heavy, and Medic, is one of four Team Fortress 2-based Familiars in Dungeon Defenders.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Engineer's disguise mask can be seen on the lower half of the Spy Jack of Diamonds cards in the "Poker Night" and the "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer's hardhat is wearable by the Support class of Monday Night Combat.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: A large cutout of the Engineer makes an appearance in Worms Reloaded as part of a playable stage. Additionally, his hardhat and goggles are selectable hats for the player's worms.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

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Trivia: The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled "More Gun." More Gun is based on "Someone Else's Song", which was originally written by Jeff Tweedy and performed by the American Country band Wilco. (00:00:05)

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The first BLU team Engineer resembled Nikola Tesla, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer's favorite equation is, in fact, part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game, known as Phong on the Valve Developer Community. Furthermore, the equation can be referenced in page five of Illustrative Rendering in TF2.

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25th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Engineer seldom removes his welding goggles. To date, the only instances in which the Engineer has his goggles off are in the Loose Canon and True Meaning comics.

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25th Jul 2018

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24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The ability of the Soldier to rocket jump was originally a glitch in the original Team Fortress games. Valve has embraced this bug now with the addition of weapons such as the Rocket Jumper. Additionally, the ability of rocket-wielders being able to use their rockets to jump higher originated from Quake.

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24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: Soldier's alias, Jane Doe, is also used as a placeholder name when referring to a female person or corpse whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld.

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24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: In Worms: Reloaded, the Soldier's helmet is one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.

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24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Soldier makes a cameo as the King of Spades and Clubs in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.

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24th Jul 2018

Team Fortress 2

Trivia: The Soldier has made several posts on the Official Blog, often referring to the Team Fortress 2 team as "The Powers That Be."

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